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Shift Your Business into High GEAR

Over the last couple of years, the appraisal industry has taken many twists and turns. As our industry evolves, it’s important for all of us to stay current on the latest trends and grow our appraisal business opportunities. As part of our panel, the success and growth of your business ensures that the industry remains strong and in the driver’s seat when it comes to real estate valuation.

As new alternative appraisal products merge into our industry, it’s clear that our clients are asking us all to be more innovative than ever. Our approach was simple, develop a system that allows appraisers to quickly and easily produce a compliant well supported value conclusion. Package it in such a way that it can more effectively communicate to lenders and borrowers. And lastly, provide it at a competitive price point, while ensuring our appraisers could profit from these new opportunities. Needless to say, we think we have what it takes to win the race.

Introducing GEAR™ Suite of Valuation Products (GeoScore™ Evaluation Appraisal Reports) a USPAP compliant appraisal report designed to exceed the compliance guidelines as an evaluation of appraisal. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing more with you about these products and how you can add them to your current appraisal practice. More importantly, we’re working to ensure that you have the tools and skills you need to lap the competition and grow your appraisal business.

GEAR AP is a new generation of valuation solutions that takes a consumer-focused, design-driven approach to real estate evaluations. GEAR AP was built to meet all the Interagency evaluation guidelines as well as USPAP requirements as an appraisal report. Fueled with multi-source data, rules-driven validation, and appraiser-derived analytics, GEAR AP is a fully compliant product that is classified as an appraisal report, simplifying the complex adjustments of the traditional appraisal.

GEAR RE adds the exceptional knowledge and background of a certified real estate professional. The real estate agent performs a 40+ point inspection along with providing photos and a condition rating to the appraiser. The appraiser then confirms the information provided and completes report. With GEAR RE, appraisers have the convenience of working from home or office versus being out in the field.

WHY GEAR?

GEAR is both time and cost effective. We believe once up to speed in the product, appraisers will be able to complete a report in less than an hour for competitive hourly fees.

Limited scope of work reduces your liability.

When purchase, refinance and relocation work is slow GEAR is a great way to diversify your services into areas such as default, REO and equity.

Collaborative evaluations diversify the types of opportunities for our elite panel of appraisers and afford a high standard of valuation products at various price points for our clients.

OMS SIGN-UP
Interested in getting into GEAR™? Orders are now flowing though our new OMS platform. You will need the following documents and information to sign-up:

Current Appraiser license

Current E&O insurance certification

Newly signed W-9

Information on the MLS’s of which you are a member

Work Samples & Resume

TRAINING DOCUMENTATION
The Education Center includes step-by-step training guides, GEAR FAQ’s & Training videos and is available by logging in to your newly created profile at www.axisorders.com.

17 thoughts on “Shift Your Business into High GEAR”

Great question that we’ll be covering in future articles. We think as with all alternative valuation products, it’s important to look at fees from a per unit basis to hourly basis. Of course, as with everything fees for GEAR™ products vary depending on scope and assignment.

On an hourly basis, GEAR™ products are competitive with traditional appraisal products, and in many cases more profitable.

Hi Patti! We have transferred your old profile to the new system so you are already signed up. We just need you to log into the new system and accept the new agreement and review your profile for accuracy. I have reset your password [plgormanappraisal@gmail.com] so you can access your profile so please look for the system email, you might have to check your spam folder. Thanks!

We’re really glad to hear you’re interested in GEAR. We’re excited about offering these new business opportunities for our appraisal panel.

If you already receive assignments from us, and are on our panel, we already took the liberty of moving many of our vendors into the GEAR order management system. Of course, for security reasons you will need to reset your password. Visit axisorders.com, and click the forgot password button. Once you reset your password you should be able to access your profile.

When orders are placed in your area, our vendor management team will be reaching out our panel vendors about these assignments.

Hi Nancy, we transferred databases to accommodate the change to the new GEAR products this does not affect you standard fee work from the Mercury network with Axis. I have reset your password [appraisalnjc@comcast.net] so you can access your profile so please look for the system email, you might have to check your spam folder. Thanks!

Hi Ardelle, we have transferred your old profile to the new system. I have reset your password [ardelle@sbcglobal.net] so you can access your profile so please look for the system email, you might have to check your spam folder. Thanks!

Hi Laurence, we transferred databases to accommodate the change to the new GEAR products. I have reset your password [larryfurr@landrea.com] so you can access your profile so please look for the system email, you might have to check your spam folder. Thanks!

The Real Estate Agent performing the inspection on a GEAR RE will be compensated to do the exterior inspection.

Clients will be ordering GEAR products for a variety of reasons, so there is no guarantee that the property is being listed for sale. If the property is listed, the agent is free to bring a buyer, but there is no additional incentive.

There may be listing opportunities, where the lender after receiving your inspection and contact information could independently decide to list the property with the inspecting agent.